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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 86 points 1 month ago (24 children)

My parents, both life-long democrats, voted for him. I didn't understand that, and I was only 15 at the time. Four years later, when I got to vote in my first Presidential election, I voted for Mondale. I've voted Democrat ever since in an attempt to balance out the Fascists.

The thing is, the Dems never pleased me either. I've realized in recent years that voting for the lesser of two evils is still a vote for evil. There should be a better way.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (8 children)

We have two parties that are shifting to the right and prioritize the rich at every turn. And yet, somehow, we're supposed to keep pretending that voting is going to fix anything in this country.

Voting is a bandaid and we're bleeding out at this point.

[–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The reason why we keep moving to the right is because people on the left are not voting. The right controls all three branches of government because of the way the country voted, why would the left move away from where they think the votes are being cast?

[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

This is a conscious decision on the part of the two major parties to move the Overton window to benefit their wealthy backers, not savvy politicians "responding to market conditions".

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